pupae in English

noun
1
an insect in its inactive immature form between larva and adult, e.g., a chrysalis.
These snakes feed on smaller prey - the larvae, pupae , and adults of ants and termites - and they do so remarkably fast.

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1. 9 The pupae remain dormant in the soil until they emerge as adult moths in the winter.

2. Bee Brood frames are composed of Brood at various stages of development - eggs, larvae, and pupae

3. The pupae are similar to those of Junonia and Precis species, but larger.

4. Bee Brood refers to eggs, larvae and bee pupae in the world of beekeeping

5. The Ant life cycle has four distinct and very different life stages: egg, larvae, pupae and adult

6. According to Beltran, the pupae were observed to have a strong bowed thorax with five pairs of black spine in the abdomen.

7. They were accompanied by Neurospora; samples of human blood; E. coli; onions; mustard and corn seeds; Drosophila pupae; yeast; and sea urchin eggs and sperm.

8. The larvae and pupae are collected and processed into bird food, fish bait and in the production of traditional medicines in Thailand and Indonesia.

9. Flowers with small florets, including most herbs and carrot family cousins, are ideal for these small, fast-moving wasps. Braconids overwinter within the pupae or cocoons of the same pests they attack during the summer.

10. Flowers with small florets, including most herbs and carrot family cousins, are ideal for these small, fast-moving wasps. Braconids overwinter within the pupae or cocoons of the same pests they attack during the summer.

11. Despite the spined abdominal segments of the pupae and a few other characters (Minet, 1986) some possess structural similarities to yponomeutids as well and have similar larval behaviour so their removal from the Yponomeutoidea has been questioned (Mey, 2004).